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strangeling Senior Member Offline Ex Savage Rider but always a SAVAGE Posts: 427 Salt Lake City UTAH Gender:	Horn Replacement - MORE PROBLEMS !!!! 01/14/08 at 15:55:47 Hey, Has anyone replaced their horn with something different to OEM as I have gone through 2 OEM horns in 18 months ( they just stop working) and am looking for something that will last longer and sound louder ? Thanks, Glenn
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Demin Serious Thumper Offline We need more chlorine in the gene pool Posts: 2435 Warren,Ohio Gender:	Re: Horn Replacement Reply #1 - 01/14/08 at 16:00:00 Greg just posted about changing his ,he got from autoparts store.Looks almost the same only black.It's posted in the cafe under"Handyman's next project. Try spraying some WD40 in it.Then try it.
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Re: Horn Replacement
Reply #2 - 01/14/08 at 16:42:02

strangeling wrote on 01/14/08 at 15:55:47:

...replaced their horn with something different ... last longer and sound louder ?

Totally lose the stock horn and mount. Lose the front side reflectors (no legal requirement for them once the bike has been sold.) Add a pair (high tone / low tone) highway car horns. My claim to be 138 db. A horn relay is a must to avoid toasting the horn button

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J Mac Senior Member Offline Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez Posts: 408 Louisiana, USA Gender:	Re: Horn Replacement Reply #3 - 01/14/08 at 17:31:04 I got one from JC Whitney that was supposedly a VW Beetle replacement. It was close to the size of my original Savage horn and is pretty loud. I was able to use the Savage bracket with it.
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Yonuh Adisi FSO Serious Thumper Offline Savage Jedi (Knight) Posts: 3622 Pilot Valley NV, aka Tatooine Gender:	Re: Horn Replacement Reply #4 - 01/14/08 at 17:35:56 I've been trying to figure out where and how to mount one of those antique sounding horns from autozone. You know, the ones that make that aahhhOoooga, sound? Unfortunately, though the horn itself is easily found, It is rather large and I can't figure out where to mount it for best effect and where it won't be in the way of anything.
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T Mack 1 - FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline sold 2001 LS650 for a 1986 XLH1100 Posts: 2919 Emmaus,Pa Gender:	Re: Horn Replacement Reply #5 - 01/14/08 at 19:24:16 Yonuh Adisi FSO wrote on 01/14/08 at 17:35:56: Unfortunately, though the horn itself is easily found, It is rather large and I can't figure out where to mount it for best effect and where it won't be in the way of anything. Get two, one each side of the headlight...
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Yonuh Adisi FSO Serious Thumper Offline Savage Jedi (Knight) Posts: 3622 Pilot Valley NV, aka Tatooine Gender:	Re: Horn Replacement Reply #6 - 01/14/08 at 19:29:20 You may be joking, but I don't think that is a bad idea. Thanks.
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Savage_Greg Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Don't go around your ass to reach your elbow... Posts: 7844 SW Washington State Gender:	Re: Horn Replacement Reply #7 - 01/14/08 at 19:56:14 This horn replaced my stock one below my lower triple tree. I found that the stock horn bracket actually had the same hole pattern as the headlight mount. A little bending and there it went between the forks.
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T Mack 1 - FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline sold 2001 LS650 for a 1986 XLH1100 Posts: 2919 Emmaus,Pa Gender:	Re: Horn Replacement Reply #8 - 01/15/08 at 09:52:36 Yonuh Adisi FSO wrote on 01/14/08 at 19:29:20: You may be joking, but I don't think that is a bad idea. Thanks. So.... here's another idea ... Get one of those programmable air horn setup's, mount the trumpets around the headlight facing forward..... Can you see the idiot cager when you give a blast of it..
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Yonuh Adisi FSO Serious Thumper Offline Savage Jedi (Knight) Posts: 3622 Pilot Valley NV, aka Tatooine Gender:	Re: Horn Replacement Reply #9 - 01/15/08 at 10:00:12 Yes, I do believe I could imagine the cagers' reactions.
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Re: Horn Replacement
Reply #10 - 01/15/08 at 12:36:03

strangeling wrote on 01/14/08 at 15:55:47:

Hey,

Has anyone replaced their horn with something different to OEM as I have gone through 2 OEM horns in 18 months ( they just stop working) and am looking for something that will last longer and sound louder ?

Thanks,

Glenn Embarrassed

Is the horn totally dead?? Sometimes you can tweat the adjuster screw on the back to bring it back to life. Or, make it a tad louder.... Grin

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Re: Horn Replacement - more problems
Reply #11 - 01/15/08 at 14:42:43

OK something else must be wrong as I bought another horn today and when I first connected it the horn worked now it is not sounding again, but when I press the horn switch you can here a clicking sound coming from the horn. I have no clue what the crap is going on and its frustrating the life out of me ! Any suggestions ?

T-mack maybe the horns aren't dead but I have adjusted the screw in the back of my horns and nothing but the clicking sound coming from them .

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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: Horn Replacement - MORE PROBLEMS !!!! Reply #12 - 01/15/08 at 16:12:30 Wire - switch - horn. If it is not the horn it has to be the wire or the switch.
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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6233 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: Horn Replacement - MORE PROBLEMS !!!! Reply #13 - 01/15/08 at 16:14:11 1)was the screw/nut combo you adjusted painted with a line across them both ( for original tuning adjustment)if so adjust to the orginal marks (SNUG) and see if it works.... 2)when using multi horns suggest 1 high tone 1 low tone for max effect and use a relay...
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Re: Horn Replacement - MORE PROBLEMS !!!!
Reply #14 - 01/15/08 at 16:34:38

Thumperclone,

I have set the screw into the original position and still nothing except that little clicking sound almost like its trying to work !!!

Oh and the new horn is just a single universal style.

I checked the wiring from the switch assembly and also at the horn and it seems ok. So maybe its the switch ??? Man if its the switch that sucks since it is only an 07 S40.

Thanks

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